Wild Lochaber Blogs
The latest bleats from the sheep on the street...
Blogs (web logs) and blogspots provide a unique insight into Highland life and nature in Lochaber and The West Highlands.
We have put together a collection of Lochaber blogs to highlight the traditions, culture and wildlife in the various regions, including the West Coast Islands.
We show entries from the last 100 days, organised by region, topic and blog. The titles and text snippets give a taste of each entry with direct links to the main blog entry on the host website. We hope you will find time to explore the full articles and further information on the host blog sites.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any suggestions for blogs you would like to see here.
Treshnish Farm
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Another early morning wander through the Coronation Meadow.
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Spending time in the fields is such good medicine. I feel very, very lucky to have this beauty all around me - so very grateful.I started out early to try and avoid the glare of the sun during the day. It was already 19 degrees at 6.45am! The Coronation Meadow has many different...
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It has been calm and still today. The Curlew have been active. Flying over the house and calling. I wonder if their young have now fledged. The first Harebell. Also saw the first Meadowsweet. Flying over the Point. Bog asphodel and Bog cotton.The Haunn Cottages...
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The astral twilight continued in to the night. It always amazes me when there is a colourful glow on the horizon even at 3 in the morning. I stayed up long enough to stand and wonder at the beauty of these Noctilucent clouds.A #30DaysWild bonus after supper, in the Haunn field and Black park...
Arisaig House - News
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On Sunday 24th June we opened the gardens for the day with a plant sale, woodland walks, croquet, tennis, afternoon tea, barbecue and home baking galore in aid of Feis na Mara and Cancer Research UK. It was wonderful to see so many people come from near and far to enjoy what was a lovely day in the...
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THE RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED UNTIL APRIL 2020 – SAMPLE SUMMER DINNER MENU To start Creel caught crab, avocado, pink grapefruit Braised pork belly, poached apples, apple puree, black pudding Medley of heritage tomatoes, house ricotta, black olive crumb Main Trio of Highland lamb, canon, shank...
Dave MacLeod
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Iain Small starting out on the bold lower half of Mr Fahrenheit E7 6b on the Comb, Ben Nevis. The prow on the right is my own route Anubis (E8) from 2005.This summer is ridiculous. Anyone who reads my blog a lot will know I hate climbing in the heat, and so you wouldn’t need to be Sherlock to...
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Back in March I had a great day out climbing a link-up I’d thought about for many years: Font 8A boulder, E8 trad, 8a sport, VIII,8 winter route and 8 Munros in 24 hours. I blogged about it at the time here, but now the film is ready. Enjoy. I think its a nice reminder of why people make such...
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On the lower quarter of Hyperlipid 8c, common to my other route Testify 8b. Photo: Chris Prescott/Dark Sky MediaLast October I bolted two 50m new routes, sharing the same start, at Loch Maree Crag. I knew they would be among the best sport routes I’ve been on anywhere. The variety of climbing,...
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For about 15 years I’ve been exploring the Scottish Islands and opening many trad routes on all sorts of cliffs, big and small. I’ve often focused on the Hebrides and also had a great time visiting Orkney to free the Longhope Route (E9) on St John’s Head on Hoy. But I’ve never been to the Shetland...
Simon Willis
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While working for the BBC, I filmed in the dissection room at Dundee University. The boss, Professor Dame Sue Black, wanted to go on television to appeal for more people to leave their bodies to anatomy departments. The doctors, anatomists, surgeons (and more) of tomorrow learn most from human...
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Day one, and if I look apprehensive, it's because I am.Firstly, I'm the only one swimming in a wetsuit.Secondly, my injured shoulder hasn't fully healed and swims over 1km hurt.But mainly because I'm read the bios of the other swimmers on this SwimTrek. Oh boy.Most had been swimming...
Minch Adventures
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On a slow adventure trip to the Isle of Rum sea conditions were far from perfect, fresh southerly winds with consistent rain has me wondering if this was the right call but we are excited to show our Texas guests this beautiful wild island. Having organised a wildlife ranger tour of Kinloch harbour...
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While rounding the north side of Rum (Kilmory Point) Canna hovers into view, this is the outermost Isle of the small isle archipelago. We are fortune enough to have the glorious weather on our side which isn’t unusual for May. I try not to give much away on the history of Canna as I have organised...
Craigard Croft
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Over the years the Barrisdale bothy had a bad press....." The worst bothy I've experienced....infested with mice....garbage..... unclean.... blocked up fireplace".http://forums.outdoorsmagic.com/showthread.php/10593-knoydart-barrisdale-bothy-infohttps://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/hilltalk/...
Glenloy Wildlife
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Well, what a couple of weeks we have just had in the West Highlands! – wall to wall sunshine and temperatures up to 29oC. All sorts of insects on the wing, not least of which were butterflies, which was very timely for our chequered skipper break. The only problem we had was that the...
Loch Shiel Highland Cruises
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We are delighted to announce the arrival of our new Loch Shiel Highland Cruises website.
Sunart Community Company
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Call for New Directors! Are you interested in helping towards projects for the long term benefit of the community? Do you have skills you think would help? The company has vacancies on its Board of Directors! Meetings are about every 6 weeks, and there are lots of projects to get involved in if you...
Guy Steven
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Now Grahame is no Sarah Michelle Gellar but he certainly can get his way through several mythical beasts in one week.Slioch NW buttress with Loch Maree in the backgroundOur plan way hatched a while ago to spend some time in the North West to climb some of the munro's he is yet to climb. We...
